The Entlebuch Biosphere Centre is situated in the Agricultural Centre of Education and Consultation LBBZ in Schuepfheim, Switzerland. The Centre’s location enables a close working relationship between the agriculture and forestry industries and the Centre itself. The following website lists the long-term aims of the Entlebuch Biosphere Reserve as “conservation, development and cooperation”. These goals include sustainable regional development and the conservation of the unique, protected natural and cultural landscapes, especially of the moorlands and karst areas.
Website
http://www.biosphaere.ch/english/index.html
Other sustainable/regenerative design projects
Village Homes, USA (suburban development)
http://www.lgc.org/villagehomes/
J.T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies
http://www.powerfromthesun.net/jtlylecenter.htm
A Swedish housing exhibition illustrates relationships between sustainability and urban form.
http://www.map21ltd.com/scan-green/bo01.htm
Several sustainable landscape projects and further links are listed on http://www.buildingforlife.org/
casestudies_internationalhome.asp including:
- B0 01 (The City of Tomorrow), Malmo, Sweden, Designed by Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners and FFNS Arkitekten
- Borneo/Sporenburg, Amsterdam, Holland, Designed by De Architekten Cie
- Habitat, Kronsberg, Hannover, Germany, Designed by Planungsburo Schmitz Aachen GmbH
- Herbert Park, Dublin, Ireland, Designed by O'Mahony Pike Architects
- Old Town Square, Chicago, USA, Designed by PappaGeorge Haymes
Super Sustainable Landscape Architects Comic Strip by Joseph James and Andrew Deer
http://www.asla.org/nonmembers/lamcomix/index.htm
Books*
Design for human ecosystems: landscape, land use and natural resources - John Tillman Lyle (L)
Gray world, green heart: technology, nature and the sustainable landscape - Robert L. Thayer, Jr (L)
LifePlace: bioregional thought and practice - Robert L. Thayer, Jr (L)
Regenerative Design for Sustainable Environments - John Tillman Lyle (L)
* Key to availability in Canterbury:
A = Alice in Videoland (Christchurch)
C = Canterbury Public Library
L = Lincoln University Library